 The Cartoon Museum | |
  Location within Central London | |
| Established | 2006 Reopened 1 July 2019 |
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| Location | 63 Wells St London, W1A 3AE United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′4″N 0°8′20″W / 51.51778°N 0.13889°W |
| Type | the art of comics and cartoons |
| Collection size | 4,000 plus original cartoons and prints |
| Director | Joe Sullivan |
| Curator | Emma Stirling-Middleton |
| Public transit access |  Oxford Circus |
| Website | www |
The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures and comic strips, owned and operated by the Cartoon Art Trust (Registered Charity 327 978). It has a library of over 5,000 books and 4,000 comics. The museum issues catalogues and features a changing display of over 250 exhibits from its collection of over 4,000 original cartoons and prints. The museum is "dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, and to establishing a museum with a gallery, archives and innovative exhibitions to make the creativity of cartoon art past and present, accessible to all for the purposes of education, research and enjoyment.".[1]
- ^ "About Us: Mission". Retrieved 11 March 2006.